Device fob pulling automobiles out of mudholes



Patented Dec. 9,1919.

agave Max W, V /Z /Z'W J. W. WALTER.

091105 FOR PULUNG AUTOMOBILES OUT OF MUDHOLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1. Gig.

JOHN WILLIAM WALTER, OF KINGMI LN, KANSAS.

DEVICE FOR PULLING AUTOMOBILES OUT OF MUDHOLES. i'

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 9, 1919.

Application filed June 7, 1e19. Serial No. 302,532.

To all whom it may concern: i,

Be it known that I, JOHN \VAL'rnn, a citizen of the UnitedStates,-residing at Kingman, in the county of Kingman and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices forPulling Automobiles Out of Mudholes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,and to the letters and figures of reference. marked thereon, which forma part of this specification.

This invention relates tonew and useful improvements in devices forpulling automobiles out of mud holes, etc., and consists of a simpledevice of this nature comprising a track made up of slats movablymounted upon cables 9r ropes which are provided with hooks forattaclnnent to the rear drivingwheel of an auto, and other fasteningmeans for passing about the circumference of the forward wheels andfori'ning means whereby, when the rear wheels are driven, a pull isimparted to the forward wheels through the connections, thus afi'ordingmaximum power to extricate the machine.

I illustrate my invention in the accompanying drawings which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, fornra part of this application,and in which:

Figure 1 is a view showing the application of my invention-to anautomobile, and

Fig. 2 is a detail view of the device. removed from the car.

Figs. 3 to 5 are' detail views.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter:

A, A designate a series of slats preferably of wood and which are ofsufiieient len to form a track for a tire, and each of said slats hastransverse apertures D for the reception of the ropes E, which latterhave hooks F at one end adapted to engage over the rear s okesK of thedriving wheel of en automobi eupon either side of the tire.

- Said ropes have U-shaped members L with eyes L at their ends throughwhich the ropes pass, and which membersare adapted to engage over thetread surface of the forward tire extendin nearly around thecircumference thereof, and hooks T are fastened-at the forward ends ofthe'ropes and are adapted to engage over the spokes S of the front wheelin the mannershown.

When the device is applied to an automobile and it is desired to startthe latter, the power imparted to the rear wheel will cause a pull uponthe ropes, the rear wheels riding upon the blocks forming atrack,

while a rearward pull is imparted to the ropes and to the forwardwheels. Each side of the automobile being similarly equipped with adevice of this nature it will afford means whereby a maximum power o theengine will be imparted to all four w eels, for the purpose of givingthe initial movement to the automobile to extricate the same from a rutor mud hole. i

When the device is not in use it may be compactly folded and storedaway,

What I claim to be new is:

A device for pulling automobiles out of -mu lholes, comprislng twoparallel rods,

slats each having transverse apertures for the recc tion of said ropes,means upon the ropes at jacent to the slats for holding the latterspaced apart, hooks fastened to the ends of the ropes, semi-circularrods havin eyes at their ends adapted to receive said ropes near theends thereof which are adapted to pass about the forward wheels of anautomobile, said rods adapted to conform to and en age about the forwardwheel of an automobile and the hooks adjacent to the end rod of theseries adapted for engagement to the spoke of the forward wheel, and thehooks at the opposite end designed to be passed over the rim of the rearwheel to engage a spoke thereof from each side of the wheel.

In testimony signature. 6

JOHN VliILLIAplL WALTER.

whereof I heremito afiix my

